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ArticleOncology letters2017

Effects of inflammatory factors including plasma tumor necrosis factor-α in the clinical treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Shu Ran Huang, Ai Ying Ma, Yuan Liu, Yan Qu

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Pharmacological agents for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  11. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Dog With Canine Respiratory Coronavirus Infection.Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)
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4 authors.

Shu Ran HuangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P.R. China.
Ai Ying MaDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272029, P.R. China.
Yuan LiuDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P.R. China.
Yan QuDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P.R. China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigated the association between the levels of plasma tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and fibrinogen levels of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with ARDS treatment outcome and duration of mechanical ventilation, with the aim of improving the efficacy of ARDS therapy. A total of 140 patients with ARDS were randomly divided into groups A and B, with 70 patients in each group. The patients in group A received a combination of conventional treatment and comprehensive treatment (test group) and the patients in group B were treated with conventional therapy only (control group). Elbow venous blood was obtained from each patient in the morning prior to treatment, on the 3rd day of treatment and on the 5th day of treatment. The levels of inflammatory factors, the clinical effects and the duration of mechanical ventilation of the two groups were statistically analyzed. The levels of IL-6, TNF-α and IL-8 in patients from group A were significantly reduced compared with those from group B (P<0.05). Additionally, the oxygenation index and arterial partial oxygen pressure of patients in group A were significantly higher compared with group B patients (P<0.05), the duration of mechanical ventilation of group A was decreased compared with that of group B (P<0.05) and the overall response rate of group A was >90%, whereas group B had a response rate of 80.0%. These results indicate that the treatment administered to patients in group A exhibited an improved clinical efficacy. The combination of comprehensive and conventional therapy may effectively reduce the levels of inflammatory factors and the inflammatory response, and these levels may be important for the effective treatment of ARDS and in reducing treatment duration. Therefore the current study may improve upon current clinical practice.

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acute respiratory distress syndromeclinical treatment sequenceinterleukinplasma tumor necrosis factor

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PMID28599503
PMCPMC5453114

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